Showing posts with label Michael Jackson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Jackson. Show all posts

Monday, March 7, 2011

Michael

Missing Michael Jackson this week.  I don't think I'll ever see an artist and performer like him again.  Someone whose creations were expressed through the medium of his own body, through movement, through song.  I've never seen someone embody music like he did.  And yes, even on a personal level, I miss his childhood innocence, his simple and naive views, his shyness.  One thing I like about this video is that, between the two songs, you can see the difference between his performing self and his personality.  I also like that it's 1988, and the production was minimal.  Just people singing and dancing, no lighted swings or flashing costumes, no fireworks.  And it was enough. 

"As soon as we express something, we devalue it strangely. We believe ourselves to have dived down into the depths of the abyss, and when we once again reach the surface, the drops of water on our pale fingertips no longer resemble the ocean from which they came...Nevertheless, the treasure shimmers in the darkness unchanged." ---Franz Kafka